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Pedro Noguera is a sociologist by training and is a professor at UCLA. Center For The Transformation Of Schools.

• Once we have trust and respect, we can start having hard conversations.
• You can only have conversations like that that don’t come off as judgment if you have trust.
• We should ask parents to do things for which they have adequate resources.
• How do we find the kids that need the most help.
• The challenge is getting to know each child.
• None of this is easy.
• Meets with each student every day.
• When kids are known, they behave differently.
• The sense of belonging is so essential to kids’ success.
• Forging relationships through extra activities.
• John’s Hopkins University Talent Development High School. Robert Belfants. Interest inventory to start kids.
• Age and class determines where they go.
• The model we have created does not allow us to meet the needs of children.
• Any kid who came in with a criminal record in the high school would get a mentor.
• First days of school community building days.
• It’s part of building strong sense of community.
• Human beings don’t do well in isolation.
• Relationships save lives.
• How to be a transformative Principal? To really focus in on the culture of their schools.
• Culture is about values, norms, how people are treated every day.
• Create a culture that affirms the importance of children.

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